To say that the last few weeks have been quite entertaining on sports radio, or on message boards and blogs where UNC fans gather would be an understatement along the lines of saying that the weather has been warm the past few weeks. Like the 95 degree-plus weather we seem to see day after day […]
The Hits Just Keep Coming: UNC-CH presser tonight — 9 UNC players had papers written for them — By Butch’s nanny!??
Link to 99.9. Ovies and Gold about to interview IC’s Greg Barnes. Literally starting right now(4:10 pm). Inside Carolina is reporting that Officials from North Carolina uncovered the academic issues in its own review, pertaining to a tutor, and self-reported the findings to the NCAA. Sources report the various players involved were relegated to the […]
Cupcake Recipes For Starvin’ Marvin Austin
Here in the interest of public service, we thought that we here at Statefans Nation would post a few cupcake recipes for that fast-rising Travel Network AND Food Network star, Starvin’ Marvin Austin, soon to be formerly of UNC’s Tar Heel football team. First of all since he’ll almost certainly not get to play in […]
ESPN’s Joe Schad: NCAA Investigation Into UNC Concerns Agents
Joe Schad, ESPN’s senior college football writer, has been updating what he discovers about the NCAA’s visit to UNC via his Twitter feed. Here’s his feed, newest from the top: UNC DL Marvin Austin was asked why he was seen driving the vehicle of 49er Kentwan Balmer and if he stayed at Balmer’s apartment about […]
BREAKING NEWS: NCAA INVESTIGATING UNC FOOTBALL
Obviously, much much more to come on this breaking story: UNC is under NCAA investigation for its football program. While not much regarding the substance of this investigation has yet come to light, for some time, murmurs have surrounded the Carolina football program and the practices of some of its coaches. Apparently, these are not […]
The Years Are Taking Their Toll On Dean Smith
For us as NC State fans, for most of our lives, Dean Smith was the Man We Hated The Most, and the guy who caused us more grief than just about anyone. But the years have taken their toll on the former coach, and he is now slipping fast into one of the worst kinds […]
Sidney Trying To Lowe(r) Expectations For Next Basketball Season
Sidney Lowe must be talking to former NC State football coach Lou Holtz, a man who was infamous for effusively praising even the lightest of opponents as being world-beaters while talking about his own team as though they were elementary school scrubs picked last in PE for a game of kickball. For example, in the […]
My View: Dr. Debbie Yow Is Experienced And Successful
On May 5th, shortly after it was announced that Lee Fowler was leaving NC State I wrote a lengthy list of my idea of the requirements of who would have the best chance of success leading NC State’s athletics into the 2010 decade: In short, State should hire someone who meets this basic set of requirements. Quickly, […]
NC State is Nation’s Fifth Most Profitable Hoops Program
Financial statements of the nation’s 344-odd Division I NCAA teams are out and and NC State’s hoops program is among the nation’s best in terms of profit margin. Looking at the numbers above, you will see that UNC-CH generates almost twice as much revenue as NC State, but that it’s matching expenses are more than […]
Pomeranz: Emails About Fowler Didn’t Make a Difference
In a followup to the Ken Tysiac story from the weekend where the Observers’ headline writer claimed that 29 emails made the difference in the status of Lee Fowler’s job, former Technician sports editor and sometime NC State blogger Jim Pomeranz makes sense of it all and injects some much-needed reality: In reality, the idea […]
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